Internet Explorer at TechEd 2007

Many of you will be attending TechEd 2007 this year, so I wanted to summarize our presence at the Event.

As you know, TechEd is focused on current technology, so our sessions are focusing on unlocking the power of IE7. There are 6 breakout and 7 chalk talk sessions that you can visit to get in-depth information on Internet Explorer – and have the opportunity to interact with the members of the team. We’re also excited to have Molly Holzschlag doing a couple of sessions on Monday. If you have more questions, feel free to swing by one of the IE7 booths – there is one in the developer and one in the security area of the Microsoft pavilion.

This is an overview session on why you should deploy Internet Explorer 7 in the enterprise. We provide high-level coverage of features, IE7 as a developer platform, and finish up with a discussion about management and deployment techniques. Troubleshooting and application compatibility are also covered.

Improving the trust models for commerce sites is critical to help prevent consumer erosion of trust in online transactions from malicious Web sites and phishing attacks. This session discusses how Internet Explorer 7's support of Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates, designed to promote strong identification for Web sites, allows users to easily identify the real identity of the Web site they are transacting with and thereby helps boost their confidence in online transactions. Web site owners will find out how they can implement EV SSL for their site and best practices in implementing SSL-protected Web sites.

This session is an in-depth discussion of IE7 security features (Protected Mode, ActiveX Opt-In, etc.) and real-life experiences from Web developers in the past eight months with IE7. Best practices are discussed, as well as dos and dont’s for creating Web sites. Finally, initial plans for security features in the next version of IE are discussed.

WEB321 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and the Route to Standards: Where Did We Start, and Where Are We Now? (300)Monday, June 4 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM, N210 B, Speaker(s): Douglas Stamper

Internet Explorer 7 has fixed many of the rendering and other issues that caused headaches for Web developers and Web designers. We take a look at what caused Microsoft to bring IE back, where we started from, how far we got, and how our user base of over half a billion people affects the way we went about our work on IE7. Learn about where the platform started, why we didn’t take every fix you wanted, and what features we did add. Also, find out what we’ve learned since shipping IE7, and how that might affect future versions of Internet Explorer.

What are the top five things that cause your code to run slowly in the browser? With the right optimizations, JavaScript can run quickly and efficiently in the browser environment. In this session, learn from the experts how you can make your AJAX/JavaScript applications scream. We look at the top five coding issues that cause JavaScript to run slow, how you can avoid memory leaks, ensure your don’t leave variables hanging around, and how you can avoid client side scripting errors.

Internet Explorer 7 provides a rich RSS platform that you can use to push rich data out to your users. Many sites offer RSS feeds with simple text to their users, but most end users don’t know what that glowing orange button does, and fewer realize how they can use it pull down their favorite Podcasts, VidCasts, and other rich media. Learn how to add RSS to your Web site, create simple list extensions that enrich the data you push out, how to push include rich media in your feed, drive traffic to your site, get your user hooked to your content, and how you can create client side applications that use the built in platform.

Come and discuss the value of IE7 to your business and talk about methods of distribution, customization, and how the IEAK can be used to meet your needs. Management topics and business feature requests for the next version of IE will be taken.

You’ve heard about IE7’s EV SSL support and the Phishing Filter before. If you still have questions about how exactly they work (and want to look at the root certificate store, validation chains, network captures), join us for this in-depth session.

Come join members of the IE team and give them a piece of your mind. What do you want to see the IE team fix, what are your most common headaches, what can we do to make your lives as Web developers easier. This is your opportunity to talk with the IE team and help shape the future of the next version of IE.

Using the Web is a great way to share ideas, designs, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other code. But it’s also a great way to share bad code! We show you the top 5 biggest Web blunders that cause problems for developers and end-users on the Web. Learn about the problem and how to fix it, and more importantly, how to avoid it!

Join Molly Holzschlag and her panel of Web experts to look at your sites and offer praise and suggestions on your HTML/CSS Web site. We’ll be as brutal or as gentle as you want, but come prepared to see some of the greatest (and worst) Web sites – yours!

If you’re doing Web development, there are a number of tools available that work with Internet Explorer that can help to make your life easier. We look at some of the Microsoft tools like script debugging in VWD, the IE Developer Toolbar, Fiddler, and then some of the non-Microsoft tools like IE Watch, IE7Pro and some of the other great tools that are available. You’ll walk out of the session knowing new ways to make your development debugging easier.

By now, most Web developers and designers are aware that Web standards are a critical industry concern. However, many people aren’t clear of the true benefits of working with a standards-based methodology. In this session, Molly E. Holzschlag, a Web standards and interoperability consultant for Microsoft, takes a look at the true benefits of Web standards. Learn how semantic markup, CSS, and intelligent script management can improve the appearance, performance, speed, accessibility, and search optimization of any site, save you money, and help you manage sites for the short and long-term.